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4:1 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES K. STOCKTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, ASSIONOR OF ONE-HALF TO MARY A. SCHNEIDER, OF SAME PLACE.

BUREAU-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 349,467, dated September 21 1886. Application filed March 4, 1886. Serial No. 193,981. (No model.)

upright side walls and of a front wall that isv pivoted to said side walls of the frame, said front wall forming the under side of the headsection of the bed. A second or foot section is hinged to the headsection and provided with a fixed foot-board and fixed legs at both ends, said foot-board extending into a pocket formed by the fixed head-board of the head section and a transverse partition of the upper section when the foot-section is folded over the head-section.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my'improved bureau-bed. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line w :0, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the bureau-bed, showing the bed-sections in lowered position and supported on the auxiliary legs of the headsection. Fig. 4. is a vertical longitudinal section of the bureau-bed, showing the bedsections in position as a bed; and Fig. 5 is a top view of Fig. 2, showing the top lid opened and the auxiliary legs folded into the recesses of the front wall of the casing.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the casing of my improved bureau-bed, which casing consists of upright side walls, a a, a rear wall, a, a short transverse front wall, a, at the lower part of the casing, a transverse top, a, and a top lid, a*, hinged to the top a".

To the upright side walls, a a, of the casing Ais pivoted a front wall, B, which is provided at its outside with panels and handles in imitation of a bureau-front, so that when the front wall is placed in upright position the casing has the appearance of a bureau. The front wall, 13, forms at the same time the support for the head-section B, which is provided with a fixed head-board, B and at some distance in front of the same with a transverse partition, b, between which and the head-board a pocket is formed that provides a sufficient space for the'fixed. foot-board C of the footsection 0 of the bed, which section is hinged to the head-section B. The partition 1) serves for retaining the loose mattress in position, and prevents it from sliding up against the head-board when folding the foot-section, so that the foot-board can pass down into the pocket formed by the partition and the headboard. The front wall, 13, is provided at its upper edge with recesses b, to which-are pivoted two auxiliary legs, b which. legs abut against stops 1) when they are turned in outward direction into a position at right angles to the front wall, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. In this position the legs I) serve as supportsfor the head-section B when the same is lowered, with the front wall, B, into the position shown in Fig. 3. The foot-section O is provided with fixed legs d d at both ends,whioh are somewhat longer than the auxiliary legs b of the head-section B, so that when the footsection O is turned on its hinge-connection with the head-section intooutward position, as shown in Fig. 4, the fixed legs (1 (I raise the auxiliary legs b, and serve to support both bed-sections B and O, as shown in Fig. 4.. In this position the two sections are in line with each other, and form a full-sized bed provided with fixed head and foot boards. The usual mattress and bedding are then placed on the same, as customory in beds of this class.

When it is desired to fold up the bed, the foot-section O is turned on its hinge-connection with the head-section and folded over the same, so that the foot-board O is stored away in the pocket formed by the head-board B and the transverse portion 1), as shown in Fig. 3, in which position the folding sections B and O are again supported by the auxiliary legs If, as shown in Fig. 3. Both sections are then lifted and turned on the pivots of the headsection B until they arrive in an upright position in the casing A, in whichposition the lower part of the front wall, B, abuts against the short transverse front wall, a, as shown in IOC Fig. 2-. The auxiliary legs I) are then folded into the recesses at the upper edge of the front wall, B, until they abut against the stops b as shown in Fig. 5. The hinged lid of the casing A is then closed, so that the bed presents the appearance of a bureau. The bureau-bed can thus readily be changed from a bureau to a bed, and vice versa, and can be placed on casters, if desired, so as to be readily moved whether it be folded up as a bureau or when in position as a bed.

I am aware that a bedstead showing a hinged front wall with a fixed head-board, and a foot section hinged to the front wall of the bedstead, and provided with a foot-board that fits, when folding up the bedstead-sections, close to the head-board of the front wall, has been used heretofore, and is shown in the pat ent to David Trefry, N 0. 91,688, dated- January 22, 1869, and I do not claim the construction shown and described therein.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of a supporting-casing, a front wall pivoted to the side walls of said casing and provided with a fixed head-board, and a transverse partition near said head-board forming a pocket therewith, a foot-section hinged to the front wall and provided-with fixed legs at both ends, and with a fixed footboard fitting into the pocket formed by the head-board and transverse partition, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL GoEPEL, SIDNEY MANN. 

